It is a U.S. light tank built in March 2009.
I was making the light tank Stuart U.S. Army.
As for assembly around the chassis, the parts were little, but the structure was complex. I noticed to touch the ground all the wheels.
The rack is photo-etched parts like an actual wire net.
The upper and lower body matched without trouble. I lost two tiny parts.
(2009/03/01)
Two front wire hooks were lost. Since there was no other way, I made them from brass wire.
There are many detailed plastic parts, though the photo-etched parts are few.
Especially a spare caterpillar on the front side; the turret side is detailed and painful. The variation without a spare caterpillar is optional.
I painted basic color in olive drab.
(2009/03/07)
Before pasting decals, I sprayed clear to adhere to decal sticking. I chose the marking of the British, 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 22nd Amd Brigade, in June 1944. Red marks are colorful and nice.
(2009/03/20)
This figure makes the tank tiny. When I bent the arm by force, it became unnatural.
(2009/03/25)
I did silver dry-brushing too much.
I irregularly depicted rust and mud with washing. I changed the tone since it was unattractive in a single color.
The assembly of a spare caterpillar is complicated, and it seems rattled.
It seems not to have been used by the U.S. Army, though M3 was supplied for Allied Forces by the Lend-Lease Acts. A Yugoslavia army, a British army, and examples of Allied Forces such as China were listed in the instruction examples. I chose the marking of the British, 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 22nd Amd Brigade, in June 1944.
I did the pastel work as the powder since it had been used in Normandy.
Periscopes were painted blue. Since it was a matte painting, I made the paint clear and shiny.
It took time, though it was a small body. There is the shot looked into from under, like the actual solder eyesight.
M3A3 Stuart is difficult, but I’m content with the completion.
(2009/03/31)
I am interested in models of tanks, airplanes, ships, military figures, I build them little by little when I feel like it. I am also interested in the history of war. My starting is Tamiya’s Military Miniature series in elementary school.
From elementary school through university students repeatedly suspend and restart my modeling, it’s about 25 years of this hobby’s history.
From February 2007 I was quietly doing a site called “Miniature-Arcadia”. It is being transferred to this blog with the same name from December 2016. My update pace is uneven, but please come to see me here occasionally.